I haven’t seen X Factor, so this was new to me. His story made me cry, and his voice and choice of song choked me up even more. I’ve seen people with lesser struggles shut out the world and become sad people, but he exuded joy. Very nice.

Hi Janna, I also don’t watch X Factor but a friend of mine sent me the link and I had tears rolling down my face after watching him, and had lots of tissues handy. You are right that people with lesser struggles shut out the world. He is truly inspirational!

I literally got a cold from watching this,crying like a baby… such a wonderful happy boy, he’s story is so tragic and those pics of him and his brother when young are just so heartbreaking and when he said he didn’t know he’s actual age, that just blew me. whoa this is a very inspiring story!

Ah ha…I found your post with the video…I missed it! I’m guessing I saw it and thought it might be depressing…what a mistake that was. What I take away from it is a sense of love and joyfulness…the resilience of the human spirit and the healing power of joyful love…so beautiful!